**Update** It should be noted that this is NOT an official release. Thus, when it IS officially released to the public, it could have a different number and different Maps software, etc.**Update**Seems everything’s getting a nice little refresh lately, with the N73 and N80, and now I’ve gotten these screenshots showing the N95 with a fresh firmware (dated yesterday, no less!) I didn’t get an official changelog (what’s up with those NEVER being available?) but I did get these three screenshots. The first shows that the firmware is dated yestday, 6-19-2007, and is numbered v12.0.013.

Frankly, there’s not *too* many changes that I’ve come across. Available RAM after a fresh boot is still ~18MB. I did check for FOTA, and it’s not there, unfortunately. However, the new version of Nokia Maps is in there, as you can see from this screenshot. This also adds the ability of Assisted-GPS, which uses cell ID’s and their known location to help speed up the process of locking into a location. which uses the device’s data connection to talk to a server that helps it process the locations being sent from the satellite, resulting in a quicker and more efficient location lock. 

With A-GPS disabled, it took the N95 a full 74 seconds to lock-on. With A-GPS enabled (and after a power cycle with battery removal), it was only 57 seconds. That’s a 17 second speed boost, and because A-GPS is a learning system that keeps track of known cell-IDs, it will get continually faster. Also, with A-GPS, I was able to get a location lock INDOORS! I tested this by walking from one end of the house to the other, and it followed me on the screen. Freakin SWEET.

The product code for this update is 0536062.

Will be playing more, if there’s anything else that you’d like to know about this new firmware (other than when it will officially be released, cause I don’t know that) then leave it in the comments

 source:

http://symbianguru.typepad.com/welcome/2007/06/new_n95_firmwar.html

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